Swiss Sun

Sunshine in Escholzmatt-Marbach

Escholzmatt-Marbach (LU) gets about 1570 hours of sunshine a year, 42% of the possible maximum, or 4.3 hours a day on average. That makes it sunnier than 14% of the places we cover in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and number 62 of 79 places in Lucerne. That's about 30 hours less than the Lucerne average of 1600. Mountains around it block about 190 hours a year, already taken into account.

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1570 hsunshine a year
6.4 ha day in July
2.0 ha day in December
#62 / 79in Lucerne

Sunshine month by month

Average hours of sunshine per day, 1991–2020. The line shows the most the sun could shine here, with the mountains around it.

0h5h10h15hJanuary: 2.4 h a dayFebruary: 3.0 h a dayMarch: 4.3 h a dayApril: 5.2 h a dayMay: 5.3 h a dayJune: 5.9 h a dayJuly: 6.4 h a dayAugust: 6.2 h a daySeptember: 5.0 h a dayOctober: 3.5 h a dayNovember: 2.2 h a dayDecember: 2.0 h a dayJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Direct sun at the centre on a clear day, with the mountains around it: on 21 December from 09:53 to 15:38, and on 21 June from 05:58 to 20:11.

Monthper dayper month
January2.4 h73 h
February3.0 h85 h
March4.3 h132 h
April5.2 h155 h
May5.3 h164 h
June5.9 h178 h
July6.4 h199 h
August6.2 h191 h
September5.0 h151 h
October3.5 h108 h
November2.2 h67 h
December2.0 h62 h

Climate in Escholzmatt-Marbach

7.5 °Cmean temperature
21.7 °CJuly daily high
−4.0 °CJanuary nightly low
1539 mmrain and snow a year
1213 kWh/m²solar radiation a year
856 mabove sea level

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